Alexis de Tocqueville – Redeeming the French:)
— Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 (@Kristof_Poland) July 11, 2026
The Frenchman who understood America better than most Americans, and Europe better than it has ever understood itself.
1. In 1831, a young French aristocrat sails to America ostensibly to study the prison system. What he actually… https://t.co/detxO8Ke93 pic.twitter.com/j9uzD7ysr2
The thing that's not even mentioned in wealth tax discussions in Europe, but very much in the US:
— James Clark 📈📉¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@mr_james_c) July 10, 2026
Wealth taxes are a mechanism of state seizure of property.
Income tax is a transaction tax, so is VAT, so is CGT. They're taxes levied on a movement of money.
But a wealth tax…
Some gates deserve to take centre stage, beckoning you in to the woodland beyond. This morning was so quiet, so still, the lane deserted. All of nature seemed to be holding its breath, just waiting for the sun to rise and flicker its way through the trees, to sweep away the mist… pic.twitter.com/JNtVLOSQuY
— peaklass (@peaklass1) July 12, 2026
"Old age is complete – it is complete debility: it possesses everything, but everything is deficient."
— Armand D'Angour (@ArmandDAngour) July 12, 2026
--Democritus of Abdera https://t.co/ipk0WPWXX1
There’s this misconception that the Senate is disproportionate because of tiny red rural states. But if you look at the 10 least populated states, they actually split only 11R-9D. The 10 largest are 11D-9R. https://t.co/5HUdpde0g1
— Eric Cunningham (@decunningham2) July 12, 2026
Many early 20th-century miners possessed a level of literary knowledge and reading discipline that would surpass that of numerous present-day University students. https://t.co/u3mugq0JWD pic.twitter.com/L7udwWomCi
— Edmund (@Kulambq) July 10, 2026
Said about 6th century BCE.
— Break Free (@ScrewedbyState) July 11, 2026
That government is evil is a time immemorial thing. pic.twitter.com/SVqqIS1RyP
I want to live in a country peopled with adults. Adults are capable of confronting "relativism" and anything else from the realm of ideas with thoughtfulness, humility and courage. https://t.co/UDNW87w2gv
— Zena Hitz (@zenahitz) July 9, 2026
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